TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sassa,Kyoji
AU  - Rouhban,Badaoui
AU  - Briceño,Sálvano
AU  - McSaveney,Mauri
AU  - He,Bin
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness
SN  - 9783642220876
AV  - TA703-705.4 
U1  - 624.151 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Geotechnical engineering
KW  - Geoecology
KW  - Environmental geology
KW  - Earth Sciences
KW  - Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
KW  - Natural Hazards
KW  - Geoecology/Natural Processes
N1  - IPL Programme -- Joint Coordinating Projects -- Projects by World Centres of Excellence -- Risk Assessment Technology -- Risk Management and Capacity Development
N2  - This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). IPL was initiated by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in 2002, and developed to a joint international programme by the IPL Global Promotion Committee (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU and WFEO as well as ICL) through the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. The materials consists of four parts: Outline of the International Programme on Landslides & IPL Global Promotion Committee; Achievements of major IPL projects in research and capacity building; World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) and Landslide School Network; Key documents of IPL and ICL including Tokyo Action Plan, Application of ICL, IPL Projects, WCoEs and Landslide School Network
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22087-6
ER  -